The domain name Schumacher.com was registered in 1996 but until early 1998 there wasn’t much content on it.
Schumacher was a company founded in 1971 and in 1998 the following information was displayed on the domain name Schumacher.com:
Founded in 1971, Schumacher has grown from a consulting company to becoming the leading supplier of ultra-pure chemicals and delivery equipment systems to the semiconductor industry. From selling its first products in 1975, the patented breakseal quartz bubbler and dopant materials, Schumacher has extended its product offerings to include chemicals for CVD Metallization and Dielectrics, Oxidation, Environmentally Friendly and Ion Implant applications
We can assume that despite a basic “under construction” message displayed in 1997, the domain was registered by Schumacher from the very beginning.
The company was acquired by Air Products and Chemicals Inc. in the 1980s so it operated under its control. In the 2010’s the domain Schumacher.com began to forward to AirProducts.com and the semiconductor division content.
The forward was achieved via a DNS entry controlled by the domain apci.com, operated by Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APCI.) In 2020, the domain apci.com had its contacts move to AirProducts.com. This might have created some issues with email deliverability; apci.com does not resolve, currently.
Long story short: the domain Schumacher.com most likely dropped due to the non-delivery of emails related to its expiration. The domain dropped and was picked up by DropCatch, where it’s sitting in a 3 day auction.
Schumacher means “shoe maker” in German and it’s a very common last name in Germany and even in the US.
That being said, there are 24 active trademarks in the USPTO that contain SCHUMACHER as part of the registered mark.
The oldest dates back to 1961 and belongs to F. Schumacher & Co., a designer of wallpaper and fabrics founded in 1889. The company operates from the domain fschumacher.com.
If you’re willing to bid thousands of dollars on Schumacher.com, keep that in mind.
Update: The auction closed at $28,000 dollars.
Update: The auction closed at $28,000 dollars.